Its really hard to find any information about the family de Paula, even though i did, but not much info... I've discovered that Paula might be a spelling error from Paola (de and di too) but i could be wrong.

I'll be glad if someone could tell me its origins or were it is from, or if im right, de paula is indeed italian...

I wish my family would have kept records so i could look at it, but everything is lost and i feel really sad about this...

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Thats the informatin i will need to look after i know if de paula is italian, ive encountered information that suggests that, but i need to be sure before i start looking. Because much of my family history is lost, the furthers person in my family i manage to get was my grandgrandgrandmother "Maria Umbelina de Paula" and my grand mother "Maria Almeida de Paula", they lived in Sao Paulo, and my granddad lived in "igarapava"

I just need to know +- the italian origin, or at least to make sure it is an italian name so i can track down(well at least try hehehe )

drakonwulf wrote:Thats the informatin i will need to look after i know if de paula is italian, ive encountered information that suggests that, but i need to be sure before i start looking. Because much of my family history is lost, the furthers person in my family i manage to get was my grandgrandgrandmother "Maria Umbelina de Paula" and my grand mother "Maria Almeida de Paula", they lived in Sao Paulo, and my granddad lived in "igarapava"

I just need to know +- the italian origin, or at least to make sure it is an italian name so i can track down(well at least try hehehe )

thank you

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hello, my grandmothers maiden name was de paola, her first name was luiga and she came from caserta italy, she married savario narducci and came to america in 1920. the name of the ship was THE GIUSEPPE VERDI, they had 7 children my mother being 1 of those 7. their names are, andre, antonio, pietro, katherina, gaetanina, nicola, and anninell. if this helps you in any way or if you find we are related please let me know

My 6GGM was Libera Paolecchia. In the early to mid-19th century, I found that the surname was changed to Paulecchia in many records. Perhaps the same thing occurred with your di Paola and di Paula. In any event, the interchange of Paol- and Paul- occurred in at least one area of Italy (Molise).

Laura, I wish I knew. The time period is close. I think my great grandfather was born in Sicily but later seems like his family moved to Polla, Italy...which is a tiny town near Salerno...but more inland. Do you have any photos? I do have one of my great grandfather. His real name was Guiseppe DiPaola. Changed it to DePaula over time in America. I do know my grandmother's brother was named Francis Paul de Paula. So I really don't know much. You can write me at TerriLand@aol.com and put DePaula in the subject line so I know it's not spam. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

The dialects of modern Italian all have their roots in the spoken form of Latin (Vulgar Latin), in use throughout the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin had, no doubt, its own local peculiarities before the fall of the Empire. The political instability that followed Roman rule kept Italy from re-uniting as ...

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